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| Year | Stories |
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| 1876 | 2 |
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| 1892 | 2 |
| 1893 | 4 |
| 1895 | 3 |
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| 1924 | 1 |
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- A Critique of Preachers' Neglect of Practical Reform
A biting editorial calls out local clergy for focusing on the 'unknown future' while ignoring the immediate sanitary crises, poverty, and vice plaguing the streets of Seattle.
- Seattle's $100,000 Night: The Armory Meeting That Sold the Ship Canal
Boosters packed the Armory in 1895 and pledged a fortune for locks and bridges on a Lake Washington canal—payable only after a ship made the passage from Elliott Bay.
- The Health Commissioner's Vaccination War
Tacoma’s City Council faces off with the Health Commissioner over unauthorized spending and a controversial vaccination campaign.
- The River That Swallowed a Steamboat: A Brave Attempt to Reach Snohomish Falls
Twenty-five passengers and tons of freight battled the treacherous Snoqualmie River on the steamer *Columbia*, only to be stopped by a massive landslide just miles from their destination.
- The Governor's 'Miraculous' Absence
Did Washington's Governor fake an illness to tilt a Senate election?
- Who Gets to Rewrite Seattle's Charter — the Council or the People?
A crowded, argumentative hearing at City Hall: the Chamber of Commerce is accused of a 'somersault,' a lawyer sneers at 'the people,' and Dr. Ramsey answers a councilman with a line of Latin.
- The Pacific Coast’s First Chivalric Tournament
Seattle society adopts the traditions of the antebellum South with a grand equestrian event at Madison Park.
- The Struggle for Walla Walla's Public Library
A member of the Woman's Reading Club details the 'snags' of local politics, skepticism, and stalled funding that plague the effort to establish a permanent library.
- The Northern Pacific's Ocosta Mistake
A critique of how railroad geography bypassed the thriving mill towns of Grays Harbor.
- Olympia Legislative Chaos
A bitter brawl erupts in the Washington House over a new criminal code, featuring accusations of 'jobbery' and an eleventh-hour ban on private-home gambling.
- The Great Heron Street Pony Stampede
A frightened pony dragging a halter tied to a signpost caused a chaotic scene for a young boy in downtown Aberdeen.
- Trolley Collision at Fourth and Jackson
A freight car and a passenger cable car collide in downtown Seattle, but fortunately leave no passengers injured.
- The Tide Land Freeze: Ballard’s Waterfront Plats Go to Court
A judge restrains appraisers from filing supplemental tide-land plats as landowners, the state land commission and the county auditor fight over who controls the shore.
- The Presbyterian Ball Controversy
A proposed tournament and dance in Seattle triggers anxiety and confusion within the First Presbyterian Church congregation.
- The Hidden History of the White Bluffs
A state professor identifies a critical geological gap in the earth, proving a long-held scientific theory about the evolution of ancient horses.
- The War Over the State's Marketing Budget
Legislative jealousy between Seattle and Tacoma erupts on the floor of the House as King County representatives move to kill a bill meant to benefit Tacoma.
- Tacoma Bans the Boxing Ring
Chief of Police Duley vows to keep the city free of prize fighters and the criminal element he believes they attract.
- The Last Stake: A Gambler's Ruin at a Seattle Card Table
A cautionary tale of a high-rolling stranger, a priceless gem, and the silent, unblinking eye of the house lookout.
- Chasing the Mother Lode in the Cascades
A prospector shares his frustrated search for the source of placer gold in the northern Cascades.
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- The Newspaper Editor and the Horsewhip
A South Bend editor faces a public thrashing from his wife, sparking a local scandal that prioritized domestic discipline over newsroom dignity.
- The Seattle Invention That Promised to Banish the 'Tremor' of Steamboats
A local citizen trials a double-inclined plane water wheel on Lake Union, aiming to solve the vibration and loss of power plaguing the steam-powered era.
- A Plunge Toward the Waterfront
A teamster survives a terrifying fifty-foot tumble after his wagon loses footing on the steep grades of 1889 Seattle.
- The Collapse of the Hop Corner
Ezra Meeker breaks a massive market manipulation scheme that threatened to hold Pacific Coast hop farmers hostage.
- The North Bend Ducking Stool
When a man terrorized his family during a drunken rampage, his neighbors took justice into their own hands with an icy river dip.
- Manager Seriously Injured in Fall from Power Line
Local utility manager suffers broken leg and strained back in 20-foot tumble from transmission pole.
- The Perils of the Hand-Crank
A Hover resident sustains a serious injury while starting his automobile, highlighting the physical dangers of early motor travel.
- The Iron Heel on the Toilers
A labor organizer warns that the U.S. Steel Corporation's wage cuts and anti-union tactics place the entire burden of industrial conflict on the backs of workers.